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The city of San Antonio is reminding residents to call 311 when they see a pothole on the street.

The Met Office has a yellow weather warning for snow and lightning in place until 20:00 on Thursday.

The Texas Department of Transportation is gearing up for freezing temperatures. Crews are set to start road preparation later Wednesday morning.

Plastic roads are becoming popular across the globe. India was the first country to put plastic roads to the test.

UK roads are already jam-packed and that looks set to get worse as more people snap up EVs.

ByHidalgo County municipalities are reporting flooded roads, street closures and traffic signal outages related to Wednesday’s storm. McALLEN>> Main Street and Trenton Road>> Ware Road and Frontage>> Nolana Avenue and Jackson>> 29th Street and Vine AvenueMcAllen is reporting flooded roads and closed streets at:>> Second Street and Wichita Avenue, southbound>> 12th Street and Quamasia Avenue, north and eastbound>> 12th Street and Redbud, eastbound>> 11th Street and Shasta Avenue, southbound>> 11th Street and Redbud Avenue, southboundMISSIONMission is reporting traffic signals out at:>> Conway and Tom Landry>> Mayberry and Business 83>> Conway and Business 83>> Los Ebanos and 495>> Shary and 495Mission is reporting road closures at:>> Between La Lomita and First Street>> West Business 83 from Walsh to Los Ebanos>> Dunlap from Tom Landry to 13th>> Conway and FirstEDINBURGEdinburg is reporting road closures at:>> 12th to 14th on Cano>> Mcyntire and 107>> Tori Lane from Joy to McKee>> Ninth Street from Fay to Samano>> 12th Street from Mahl to Cano>> Sprague from Sugar to Samano>> Van week to 107 on FifthEdinburg is reporting traffic signals out at:>> McColl and sprague>> Closner and Sprague

SAQ: Merging onto highway can be source of frustration for San Antonio driversSAN ANTONIO – Good news for San Antonio drivers — all interchanges and roadways that were closed earlier this week due to the winter weather have now reopened! Since the winter storm, temperatures have risen in San Antonio and the remnants of the wintry conditions have started to melt away. UPDATE: All interchanges and roadways previously closed due to the winter storm are NOW OPEN! https://t.co/M7NUple7gG — TxDOT San Antonio (@TxDOTSanAntonio) February 20, 2021The roads and interchanges listed below were the remaining roads TxDOT reopened on Saturday:US 281 & Loop 1604US 281 & I-410I-10 & I-410US 90 & Loop 1604I-35 & I-10 Upper LevelsUS 90 & I-410SH 151 & I-410SH 151 & Loop 1604I-410 & SH 16Wurzbach PkwyFor more on the latest road conditions and closures, click here. RELATED: TxDOT: Highways remain closed in San Antonio as crews prepare roads for freezing rain on Tuesday night

Drive Smart” campaign is currently underway and is urging motorists to be alert and exercise caution when traveling around large trucks on Texas roadways. Every day, thousands of large trucks and tractor-trailers travel busy Texas highways, weighing 20 times more than an average car. A good rule of thumb for motorists to remember is that if they can’t see the truck driver in the truck’s side mirror, that truck driver can’t see them or their vehicle either. Drive Smart” is part of the End the Streak Texas program. TxDOT is asking all Texans to commit to driving safely to help end the streak of daily deaths on Texas roadways.

In the Carolinas, ice and freezing rain is putting residents in danger. Weather-related car wrecks have killed at least five people down South and power outages are starting to pile up. Mark Strassmann reports.

Southern states battle icy roads, dangerous temperatures Icy roads caused car wrecks throughout the South, and more than 1,000 flights to and from Dallas have already been canceled. Vicente Arenas reports from Dallas where the region is under a winter storm warning.

Icy roads cause hundreds of crashes nationwide Across the Northeast, a dangerous mix of rain and freezing temperatures is covering roads. Lower temperatures could make matters worse as deadly storms forced messy commutes this weekend, causing accidents, damages and flooding. Jericka Duncan reports on the extent of the damages.